Jean Muenchrath
AWARD-WINNING FINALIST IN THE 2018 BEST BOOK AWARDS SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN BOOK FEST; TRAVEL: GUIDES & ESSAYS CATEGORY.
Jean Muenchrath’s insatiable appetite for adventure has taken her on mountain escapades across North and South America and Asia. She loves to explore wild places under the power of her own two feet. She has been a park ranger for over thirty years, led treks in Nepal and Thailand, and worked in Bhutan for the World Wildlife Fund. To balance her outer and inner worlds she spends two months a year in solitary retreat.
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